The Power

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The Power or I've Got the Power is a song released and produced in 1989 by the dance group Snap! . The song became a worldwide success. A remix of the 1990 hit was released in 1996 and another bhangra- style remix followed in 2003 .

Music and lyrics

The title was produced by Snap !, written by the Frankfurt producers Michael Münzing and Luca Anzilotti using their pseudonyms Benito Benites and John "Virgo" Garrett III . The rap came from Turbo B. (actually Durron Maurice Butler, born April 30, 1967 in Pittsburgh / Pennsylvania ) and the vocals from Penny Ford (but Jackie Harris can be seen in the video ).

The song begins with the somewhat cryptic line in Russian : "Американская фирма Transceptor Technologies приступила к производству компьютеров" Персонaльный спутник "" ( dt. About "The American company, Transceptor Technologies' personal Companion' computers has production started" ). Personal Companion was a computer-like device for the blind and visually impaired, the American company Transceptor Technologies of Ann Arbor in the US -Bundesstaat Michigan brought 1990 on the market. Operated by the user's voice, it could, among other functions, automatically download USA Today news through a built-in modem.

Münzing and Anzilotti published the title on the record label Wild Pitch Records initially with the addition "Power Jam featuring Chill Rob G", but without ensuring that the samples used were licensed. Due to unlicensed samples from the tracks Let the Words Flow by Chill Rob G , Love's Gonna Get You by Jocelyn Brown and King Of The Beats by Mantronix, the track was re-recorded in the USA and the parts of Chill Rob G were raped by Turbo B. replaced. Jocelyn Brown's sample I've Got the Power from the song Love's Gonna Get You of 1985 remained for clarification as a striking vocal in the song.

Charts

First, The Power was a hit in Germany, where it reached number 2 in the charts and gold status. A little later, in March 1990, the song was also number 1 in Great Britain for two weeks, where it achieved platinum status. Initially placed in the American charts only due to import sales, the title made its way to the top of the charts shortly after its official release in the USA . The top position in the US R&B charts was number 4, on the Billboard Hot 100 number 2 and in the Billboard Hot Rap and Hot Dance Club Play charts the song climbed to position 1. The Power also went platinum in the United States . Status. The remix versions from 1996 and 2003 could not build on the success of the original version.

Chart placements

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1990 The Power
World Power 		DE2 (32 weeks)
DE 		AT3 (18 weeks)
AT 		CH1 (25 weeks)
CH 		UK1 (15 weeks)
UK 		US2 (22 weeks)
US
First published: January 3, 1990
1996 The Power '96
Snap! Attack - Best of Snap! 		- - - UK42 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: August 12, 1996
feat. Einstein
2003 The Power of Bhangra
90 >> 2003 The Cult of Snap! 		DE21 (7 weeks)
DE 		AT36 (6 weeks)
AT 		CH27 (6 weeks)
CH 		UK34 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: June 8, 2003
vs. Motivo

Media presence

The Power has often appeared in film, television, and other media; a small selection below:

Agathe Bauer songs

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The so-called "Agathe Bauer songs" that go back to The Power have been around for a few years . Allegedly a listener from RTL Radio called the station and asked for the “Agathe Bauer song” because she mistakenly understood “Agathe Bauer” instead of “I've got the power”. As a result, RTL Radio launched the regularly broadcast section “Agathe Bauer Songs”, in which listeners can call and present their listeners.

Awards

Silver record

  • Great Britain
    • 1990: for the single The Power

Golden record

  • Germany
    • 1990: for the single The Power
  • Sweden
    • 1990: for the single The Power
  • Switzerland
    • 1990: for the single The Power

Platinum record

  • United States
    • 1990: for the single The Power

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Snap! - The Power - Ariola - 612 938. In: Discogs . Retrieved May 30, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Information about "Personal Companion" query at abledata.com (as of July 16, 2008)
  3. ↑ Awards in Germany, query at musikindustrie.de (as of July 25, 2008)
  4. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  5. ↑ release date
  6. ↑ Title list of the H-Blockx album Get In The Ring . Query at hblockx.de (as of July 16, 2008)
  7. ↑ a b c Awards for Music Sales: DE CH US FR SE